To The Core

The AMD Ryzen 9 5950X plus NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 combination delivers measured performance in the idle game To The Core across three resolutions and four quality presets. The combo is ranked 281st out of 3,725 tested combinations in this game. The CPU, a 16-core/32-thread Zen 3 part, reaches 4.90 GHz boost, while the GPU is Ada Lovelace-based with 16 GB GDDR6X memory and a boost clock of 2505 MHz. At 1080p High settings the average FPS is 405; at 1440p High it is 272; at 4K High it is 156. The measured data covers Low, Medium, High, and Ultra presets at 1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160.

Resolution Scaling

The resolution scaling behavior emerges clearly from the measured averages. At the High preset, the average FPS is 533 at 1920x1080, 371 of that same resolution at Low settings, yet the High preset at 2560x1440 is 272, and at 3840x2160 it is 156. The absolute drop from 1080p to 1440p is 405 minus 272, which is effectively a reduction of 133 FPS. From 1440p to 4K, the reduction is 272 to 156, a decrease of 116 FPS. The same pattern is seen across all presets: Low at 4K averages 212, Medium at 4K averages 180, High at 4K averages 156, and Ultra at 4K averages 125. Looking at the numbers, the drop from 1080p to 1440p is roughly the same magnitude as the drop from 1440p to 4K, meaning the GPU is placed under increasing load as the resolution density rises.

At 1080p the frame rates are extremely high—533 FPS on Low, 405 on High, 467 on Medium, 326 on Ultra—but even at 4K the slowest preset is 212 FPS for Low, 180 FPS for Medium, 156 FPS for High, and 125 FPS for Ultra. The difference between the lowest and highest presets is most pronounced at 4K as well, with a spread of 212 minus 125, which equals 87 FPS. At 1080p, that spread is 533 minus 326, which equals 207 FPS. This indicates that at low resolution, the game is more likely to be constrained by the CPU or memory, while at 4K the GPU's rendering capabilities become the primary limiter.

FAQ

Q: What is the average FPS at 4K with Medium settings?

A: The measured average is 180 FPS, with a minimum of 153 FPS and a maximum of 207 FPS.

Q: Which resolution and setting combination yields the highest average FPS?

A: The highest average FPS is 533, recorded at 1920x1080 with the Low preset.

*Q: How does this combo rank among tested configurations for To The Core?*

A: It ranks 281st out of 3,725 combinations, placing near the top of the database.

Q: What is the average frame rate at 1440p with Ultra settings?

A: The average is 226 FPS. Actually, the exact measured average is 219 FPS, not 226 – careful. The 4K Ultra is 125 FPS.

(Wait, I must use the pack numbers. For 1440p Ultra, it's 219. For clarification: 219 is correct.)

Let’s correct: the 1440p Ultra average is 219 FPS.

So the answer: The average FPS at 2560x1440 with Ultra settings is 219.

Q: Does the game have any preset that provides a consistent minimum frame time?

A: The 3840x2160 Medium preset records a minimum of 153 FPS and a maximum of 207 FPS, which is the only preset with the explicit min/max data in the measured set. No other resolution/settings pair provides min/max fields in the measured data.

Q: Which portion of the database does the CPU occupy?

A: The Ryzen 9 5950X is in the 91st percentile among all CPUs, meaning it outperforms 90% of processors in synthetic benchmarks, while the RTX 4080 GPU sits in the 86th percentile among all GPUs.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 9 5950X is a 16-core, 32-thread part from the 5000 series, built on the Zen 3 architecture (Vermeer) using a 7 nm process. Its clocks can reach a turbo boost of 4.90 GHz, and the base clock is 3.40 GHz. The processor includes 64 MB of L2 cache and a 64 MB L3 cache, with a dual-channel DDR4 memory bus offering 51.2 GB/s. In its own benchmark suite, the CPU scores 26017 points in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 1614 points in single-core, with Geekbench multicore score of 15233 and a single-core of 2083. The average benchmark score over all tests is 51,947, which places it in the 91st percentile of all CPUs.

For the game measure, the CPU's contribution becomes visible at lower resolutions. At 1080p Low, the system reaches 533 FPS, which is likely limited by the CPU's single-thread performance and thus the game's tick rate. At 1080p Ultra, it still hits 326 FPS. The fact that you can record such high frame rates at 1080p means the CPU is not the primary constraint in this game under typical 4K scenarios, but at 1080p it may be the factor that determines the frame ceiling.

The CPU’s nearest rivals by average score are the Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX (delta -0.2%), the AMD EPYC 8124P (delta -0.3%), the Intel Core i9-13900F (0.4%), and the Intel Core i7-14700 (delta -0.7%). None of these have measurable effect in the game data, but they all sit within ±1% of the 5950X’s average CPU score.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS values are given for each resolution and settings combination. All numbers are the avarage FPS for each preset, except where min and max are also provided.

| Resolution | Settings | Average FPS | Min FPS | Max FPS |

|------------|----------|-------------|---------|---------|

| 1920x1080 | Low | 533 | â€" | â€" |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 467 | 397 | 537 |

| 1920x1080 | High | 405 | â€" | â€" |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 326 | â€" | â€" |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 371 | â€" | â€" |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 314 | 267 | 361 |

| 2560x1440 | High | 272 | â€" | â€" |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 219 | â€" | â€" |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 212 | â€" | â€" |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 180 | 153 | 207 |

| 3840x2160 | High | 156 | â€" | â€" |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 125 | â€" | â€" |

The Medium presets at 1080p, 1440p, and 4K all show explicit minimum frame rates: 397, 267, and 153 FPS respectively. Notably, the minimum frames at 4K Medium sit above the average of the High preset at the same resolution (153 vs 156), showing that Medium provides a floor that is actually higher than the average of High in terms of the frame end. This indicates that the preset choices are not simply a linear scaling; the Medium preset is a robust choice for maintainingconsistent frame pacing at high rates.

How This Combo Ranks

The Ryzen 9 5950X + RTX 4080 combination holds rank 281 out of 3,725 tested combos for To The Core. That puts this pairing within the top 7.9% of tested systems. Digging deeper, the CPU's percentile is 91, meaning it outperforms 91% of all CPUs, while the GPU sits at the 86th percentile of all GPUs. Their combined average benchmark scores are 51,947 for the CPU and 54,247 for the GPU. The system also engages the game's framerate at high levels that even 4K Ultra remains above 120 Hz. Considering that the rank is aggregated across all combos, this suggests that the combination is well-balanced in this title, with no single component dragging the result.

Settings Recommendations

The best settings depend on the display's refresh rate and resolution preference. At 4K, the measured data shows that the Medium preset gives an average of 180 FPS, with a minimum of 153 FPS, which is a typical target for 144 Hz monitors. The High preset drops the average to 156 FPS, still within a 144 refresh window, while the Ultra preset reaches 125 FPS. Because the game is idle at heart, the nominal visual quality is not the limiting concern; the frame rate remains high even at Ultra per 4K. For 1440p displays, the Ultra preset still yields 219 FPS, indicating you can push the visual quality to the maximum without forfeiting performance. At 1080p, the Low preset yields 533 FPS, Medium 467, High 405, Ultra 326, and even Ultra is above 300 FPS. Thus, we recommend for 4K: select Medium to keep the min FPS above 150, or High if you prefer finer details and can accept an average of 156. For 1440p and 1080p, the Ultra setting is the best-preserving method to run, as it stays above 220 FPS at 1440p and above 320 FPS at 1080p. The measured minimums for Medium at 4K (153) are stronger than the average of any other 4K preset, so the Medium profile offers the best balance of smoothness and visual fidelity.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 is a 40-series part using the Ada Lovelace architecture, fabricated on a TSMC 5nm process. It packs 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus, giving a bandwidth of 716.8 GB/s, with a base clock of 2205 MHz and boost clock of 2505 MHz. The GPU has 9,728 shading units, 304 texture mapping units, and 112 ROPs, with 76 RT cores and 304 tensor cores. Its benchmark scores include a PassMark G3D score of 34,457, GPU Compute 20,671, 3DMark Steel Nomad 6,567, and a 3DMark (unknown, but the pack page provides) and G2D score of 1,239. As an end-of-life GPU (successor: GeForce 50 series), it still stands at the 86th percentile of all GPUs.

The GPU is the primary driver of the resolution scaling observed in the measured FPS. Data show that at 4K Ultra, the average is 125 FPS, and 4K Low is 212 FPS, so the GPU can cover a wide range. The GPU’s memory capacity is not challenged by this idle game, but the compute ability is visibly scaling with pixel output. At 1080p, the FPS is high enough that the GPU is not the bottleneck; at that resolution the results likely rely on CPU. At 4K, the GPU is the limiter, but it still provides a stable 125–212 FPS depending on the preset. The 4K Medium row, with a min of 153 and max of 207, lists the only available performance envelope for the GPU at that resolution, indicating that the GPU can hold 150+ frames even with loading variation.

The GPU's nearest rivals in our average score test list are the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER (avg 54,209, delta +0.2%), the AMD Radeon Pro W5700X (avg 18, per and -2.2%), and a few further AMD cards. None of these are reflected directly in the measured game FPS, but the silicon of the 4080 places it at a rank that tops the top 86% of all GPU silicon.